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AEI
2006
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13 years 6 months ago
Design issues for assistive robotics for the elderly
The worldwide population of elderly people is growing rapidly and in the coming decades the proportion of older people in the developed countries will change significantly. This d...
Qinggang Meng, Mark H. Lee
JFR
2008
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13 years 6 months ago
Robust vision-based underwater homing using self-similar landmarks
Next generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) will be required to robustly identify underwater targets for tasks such as inspection, localization and docking. Given their ...
Amaury Nègre, Cédric Pradalier, Matt...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
A bright green perspective on sustainable choices
We present a qualitative study of 35 United States households whose occupants have made significant accommodations to their homes and behaviors in order to be more environmentally...
Allison Woodruff, Jay Hasbrouck, Sally Augustin
HUC
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
A spotlight on security and privacy risks with future household robots: attacks and lessons
Future homes will be populated with large numbers of robots with diverse functionalities, ranging from chore robots to elder care robots to entertainment robots. While household r...
Tamara Denning, Cynthia Matuszek, Karl Koscher, Jo...
HUC
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
It's not all about "Green": energy use in low-income communities
Personal energy consumption, specifically home energy consumption such as heating, cooling, and electricity, has been an important environmental and economic topic for decades. De...
Tawanna Dillahunt, Jennifer Mankoff, Eric Paulos, ...